Is she the greatest star of her generation? The actress’s role in W.E. adds to the evidence

There’s a knockout scene, bang in the middle of Madonna’s W. E., in which Wallis Simpson walks down a London street. And that’s all. She’s in a zig-zaggy two-piece and a funky Stephen Jones hat. Her hips are swinging, and her face is beaming. It’s shot in slow-mo’, to a jazzy backbeat, and is nothing less than a moving portrait of a woman with the world at her feet. It’s also significant for two reasons. One is that this is 1936, and Wallis is just about to walk up to a newsstand featuring the first shock revelation of her scandalous